not all firworks are canceled...

DENVER


•Denver's fireworks at the Civic Center Park will be held on TUESDAY, July 3. Come to the free community event featuring a patriotic concert by The Colorado Symphony, an innovative light show and stunning rooftop fireworks display atop the Denver City and County Building. Seating is first-come, first-served. Food vendors will be on-site, but picnics are also welcome. Learn more at Denver.org

•Celebrate Independence Day at Sports Authority at Mile High with the Denver Outlaws on July 4, 2012! See the Outlaws take on expansion team the Ohio Machine and stay after the game for the largest close-proximity fireworks show in the city. Tickets start at just $15 and can be purchased at denveroutlaws.com or by calling 303-OUTLAWS!

•The Colorado Rockies will have fireworks after their games on FRIDAY, June 29 and SATURDAY, June 30. Buy tickets online at ColoradoRockies.com

•Blues Traveler concert on July 4 begins at 6 p.m. Red Rocks provides a good view of the fireworks show downtown. For more information go to RedRocksOnline.com

•The 18th Annual Cherry Creek Arts Festival will be taking place July 6-8. The arts festival weekend event is a world-class and award-winning celebration of the visual, culinary and performing arts. The CCAF is located in Denver’s Cherry Creek North Business District, from 2nd to 3rd, on the six streets starting on Clayton through Steele. Learn more info at CherryArts.org.

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from our friend Mel.


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Happy Fathers Day

VBS last chance!

Phone 303.690.2520

Time for a Air Show

The event begins Friday, July 13, at noon, with our Kid's Show featuring Otto the Helicopter, Bill Leff with his T-6 Texan, Matt Younkin with a Twin Beech, and Don Nelson with his Sukhoi 26 airplane. Simultaneous with Don's acrobatic show, the Rocketbilly Racing Team will heat up the runway with a jet fueled semi-truck.

At 4:00 pm, our main stage will heat up live music that will get everyone up dancin' and swingin'. Then at 6:30 pm, the air show will start up again for the afternoon performance that will keep spectators on the edge of their seats. The United States Air Force "Wings of the Blue" Parachute Team from Colorado Springs will open up the show. Tim Weber and the Geico sponsored Extra 300 plane is joining the show for its first time this year. The grand finale will be the Tora Tora Tora show—a spectacular air show that involves 8 Japanese zero aircraft, a B-17 bomber and a P-40 Warhawk. This amazing show is produced by the US Commemorative Air Force.

Saturday, the gates open at 10:00 am for a second day of spectacular events. Saturday's events will include the same daytime acts as Friday, plus a few more. At 2:00 pm The Hot Tomatoes, a nine-piece orchestra from Denver, will join Ladies for Liberty, an Andrews' Sisters tribute trio. Together they will honor a significant time in our country's history. This musical tribute will be followed by the grand finale Tora Tora Tora show, including the famous wall of fire.

For more information on the 2012 Garfield County Air Show, contact Krista DeHerrera at 970-309-6214.

A concert you don't want to miss

Enjoy a free outdoor concert at the Longmont Museum 07/11/2012 06:30 pm - 07/11/2012 08:00 pm
A perennial favorite returns as the Northern and Southern Plains Indian Singers and Dancers perform traditional songs and dances from several tribes. Seating is on the grass, picnics and lawn chairs welcome.
Conact Name: Erik Mason
Contact Phone: 303-651-8374

Whew...school is out. What now?

Keeping it real and safe for single moms and the kids is a complex and challenging tightrope walk regardless of varying perceptions. Since we all know what we are talking about, here are some ideas that are worth presenting:

Pre-schoolers need to stay with a sitter while mom goes to work. 7-10 year olds (who would otherwise be latchkey kids because Mom can not afford to pay for 2 children) are.....

• going to work with Mommy (with shorter days, paid off with accumulated PTO time)
• attending VBS with paid after care provided by the church who already have facilities and staff*
• attending VBS or YMCA with a rotating mommy-co-op
• attending a employer sponsored on site daycare for several weeks
• attending a employer sponsored off site day care for several weeks (*)**
• If you have a 4H group, ask them to sponsor a special summer farm program
• Check your area for sustainable/organic farms with "hands on" classes

** This would be a great opportunity for teens to be off the street, do something responsible AND earn money. They also could get free CPR and sitter training which looks good on a resume.

Talk to your employer, talk to your pastor/staff, work it out with the mommy co-op and network.
(print this and give it to them)